Hundreds of components of Victorian-era gasholders have found new life close to their original London home as enclosures for three new, high-end apartment blocks. Erecting the three 35-meter-tall conjoined telescopic tank guide frames was tricky, but no more tricky than restoring the 150-year-old ironwork or reverse-engineering the disassembled structures.
Built and enlarged between 1864 and 1880, the landmark structures were dismantled in 2001 to make way for railroad expansion. They are now revived around three of the many new buildings in the 743,000-sq-m development covering a 27-hectare brownfield site.